Bakelite
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Bakelite is the first plastic made from synthetic components. It was developed by chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, and patented on December 7, 1909.
A combustion engine's spark distributor rotor made of Bakelite
Bakelite cover of a German telegraph key
Handbag made of textured aluminium and bakelite, 1925, collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Ericsson Bakelite telephone, c. 1931
Leo Baekeland
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893,
Bakelite
…Bakelite ( BAY-kə-lyte) is the first plastic made from synthetic components. It was developed by chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, and patented on December 7, 1909. After its invention, Bakelite became a commercial success because it could be molded…
Baekeland in 1916
Time cover, September 22, 1924
Colorful buttons made from Catalin, another variety of phenolic resin
The gravesite of Leo Hendrik Baekeland